Home Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Listening on Tuesday briefly suspended when the Republican President asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, to repeat his allegations to the democratic position on vaccines influenced by a pharmaceutical campaign.
Kennedy appeared to be a subcommittee to defend the Budget of the Trump’s administration, which includes sudden reductions in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Frank Pallone (DN.J.), a member of the Energy and Commerce Commerce Commerce Commerce, used his time to blow up HHS shooting and the obvious lack of transparency in the Kennedy term so far. He and other Democrats said many of their letters to HHS remained unanswered and Pallone counted 10 of his letters that were not answered.
Pallone said this lack of transparency included changes in Kennedy during the federal vaccine approval process.
“You made some important decisions on vaccines. And … there was no public commentary process or public accountability. What are you afraid of?” asked Kennedy.
“I mean that when it comes to vaccines, you are just afraid to get public comments about suggestions that do you think these are the fringes contrary to the opinion of most scientists?”
“The point is here, we have no transparency. We have no answer. You have no responsibility for congress, and you just continue this ideology that is anti -science, anticcine. It’s all I see. I don’t see anything else,” Pallone added.
The survey then moved to Neal Dunn (R-Fla.), Vice-President of the Health Committee, Kennedy Kennedy, as he plans to restore public confidence in health institutions. It was only in a brief answer to Dunn’s question that Kennedy quickly returned attention to Pallone criticism.
“Congress spokesman Pallone, 15 years ago, you and I met. You were a people’s champion at the time suffered by vaccines. You were very strong about it. You were the main member of the Congress on the matter,” Kennedy said.
“Since then, you have accepted $ 2 million from pharmaceutical contributions, more than any other member of this committee,” he continued. “And your enthusiasm to support the old [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices]Which has been completely widespread and widespread due to pharmaceutical conflicts seems to be the result of these deposits. ‘
Rep. Diana Degette (D-Colo.), Member of the Rating Health Subcommittee, immediately raised an instruction, saying that Kennedy “arguing Mr Pallone”.
Buddy Carter (R-ga.) Subcommittee chair asked that the clock would be paused. After a short back and forth with the members and staff of the committee, he admitted that it was based on the point of order and asked Kennedy to give up his comments on Pallone.
Kennedy distracted his words.
According to Opensecrets, Pallone from 1988, when he first joined Congress, received about $ 2.2 million from Pallone from Pharmaceutical/Health Products. USD.
Kennedy probably mentioned Pallon, who had previously raised concerns in the 90s about the presence of Mercury in products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
1997 Pallone added the amendment of the FDA Re -Authorization Act at the time, which indicated the list of food and medication containing the “intentionally entered mercury compounds”. The effect of mercury and poisoning for a long time is a concern about the Pallone district.
Kennedy and other vaccine skeptics have long pointed out the Thimerosal-Gyvsidabrio-containing preservative in vaccines as potential damage. Although studies have confirmed the safety of the vaccine containing thimerosal, the preservative was removed from almost all children’s vaccines a few decades ago as a precaution due to public uncertainty.
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